4 ms·
The regulations that Uber is skirting are based on the problems caused by taxi drivers otherwise being anonymous. Since Uber can connect drivers to rides and h
by Symmetry 10y ago
The regulations that Uber is skirting are based on the problems caused by taxi drivers otherwise being anonymous. Since Uber can connect drivers to rides and handles payment the problems that plagued pre-regulation taxis aren't a concern in this case. We shouldn't reflexively assume that all regulation is bad, but we shouldn't reflexively assume that all regulation is good either. As with Chesterton's fence, always look at why something was created before saying whether it should continue or stop.
Injuries by uninsured drivers in places where valid insurance isn't required to drive isn't really a thing you can lay on Uber. It applies to every car on the road in those countries.
- Xylakant 10y ago> Injuries by uninsured drivers in places where valid insurance isn't required to drive isn't really a thing you can lay on Uber. It applies to every car on the road in those countries. Uber has been cited multiple times in Germany because it did not enforce the required insurance for its drivers, instead letting them drive with a private insurance.
- kwhitefoot 10y ago> taxi drivers otherwise being anonymous. Everywhere I take taxis the drivers have to display their name and id. Or did you mean something else by 'anonymous'?
- Symmetry 10y agoThey display those because of the medallion system, the system of regulations that Uber is ignoring.
- jacalata 10y agoInjuries by drivers whose personal insurance doesn't cover their commercial activity is something I think you can lay on Uber.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoMedallion systems limit the amount of traffic caused by taxis, so it isn't just limited to problems caused by drivers being anonymous.